Difference between admob-v2 plugin and new admob plugin?

Solar2D Monetization (in-app purchases, ads, etc.)
#1

Hello,

After reading through this:

https://docs.coronalabs.com/plugin/admob/index.html

The only thing I can see that is different is the build.settings entry. I read the announcement and looked through the forums but have not been able to what has changed.

Thank you!

Ed

#2

Hi Ed,

I posted a fairly detailed summary of the changes and improvements here:

https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/67013-announcement-new-corona-professional-bundle-retiring-corona-ads/?p=346877

And there’s a new sample app which you can inspect if you need to:

https://github.com/coronalabs/plugins-sample-admob

Hope this helps,

Brent

#3

Perfect, thank you!

#4

As per Rob Miracle’s request, I was going to start a new topic but here we are.

It seems that the paid AdMob plugin is more or less the same with the previous free plugin. Do you plan on updating the AdMob plugin to support all AdMob abilities since you are charging for it at the moment?

#5

I spoke with the engineer who built the plugin and asked him about new features. There are 5 AdMob related feature requests on our feedback site. Here’s the details.

  1. Events. One request asked that all AdMob events be returned. We now forward all of them to the the plugin.

  2. SDK-less Mediation. This should be supported but it’s untested. It’s also not what people think it is. AdMob has four ad providers that are part of the SDK-less mediation and are providers that few people have heard of.  Other mediation partners require SDK’s be added to the plugin. Your mileage may vary. 

  3. Rewarded Video. Contrary to popular believe, AdMob *ad network* does not provide rewarded video. They can through external SDK based mediation, but that means bundling in a bunch of SDK’s that would bloat the plugin and potentially conflict with other plugins and create an unmanageable plugin. As of now, we are not planning on supporting that. Now if AdMob starts offering rewarded video as part of their standard service and through their core SDK, we probably would support it.

  4. Conversion Tracking: Again, this involves additional SDK’s that would bloat the core plugin. We offer several attribution options that you can use in it’s place.

  5. Native Ads. Corona based apps live in an OpenGL world. Native ads are well… native. It’s not really feasible to add native ad features to a Corona built app in a way you would be happy with.

Are there other features that you’re interested in that’s not in one of our existing feature requests?

Rob

#6

Actually, I was just trying to learn more about the new plugin and what will happen with the community requests. I really needed more than crumbs of information. Thank you for sharing more. Also, it would be far better if you(not just you, I mean as Corona Labs) shared more information with us.

By the way, can you mark those requests with the release of the new plugin? Most of those requests still remain unanswered on the Feedback page.

http://feedback.coronalabs.com/search?filter=ideas&query=admob

#7

Thanks Rob,

Can you elaborate a bit more on number 3??  Does this mean adMob is not directly hosting their own reward videos, but instead just linking you to other sdk’s which are doing the reward videos?  And if so this would be happening app side and not server side??

Cheers, just trying to get my head around some things that are rather new to me.

Craig

#8

@Craig,

You are correct. AdMob doesn’t have their own rewarded video inventory. All such requests will be handed down to external SDK’s using their SDK-based mediation. I’d assume that the AdMob servers would be involved with the mediation process, however how the actual mediation occurs is something where we don’t have any insight. We don’t have any immediate plans to support AdMob SDK-based mediation at this point in time. 

If you want to include mediation that also allows you to use your AdMob account, you can consider using Appodeal.

#9

Hi Ed,

I posted a fairly detailed summary of the changes and improvements here:

https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/67013-announcement-new-corona-professional-bundle-retiring-corona-ads/?p=346877

And there’s a new sample app which you can inspect if you need to:

https://github.com/coronalabs/plugins-sample-admob

Hope this helps,

Brent

#10

Perfect, thank you!

#11

As per Rob Miracle’s request, I was going to start a new topic but here we are.

It seems that the paid AdMob plugin is more or less the same with the previous free plugin. Do you plan on updating the AdMob plugin to support all AdMob abilities since you are charging for it at the moment?

#12

I spoke with the engineer who built the plugin and asked him about new features. There are 5 AdMob related feature requests on our feedback site. Here’s the details.

  1. Events. One request asked that all AdMob events be returned. We now forward all of them to the the plugin.

  2. SDK-less Mediation. This should be supported but it’s untested. It’s also not what people think it is. AdMob has four ad providers that are part of the SDK-less mediation and are providers that few people have heard of.  Other mediation partners require SDK’s be added to the plugin. Your mileage may vary. 

  3. Rewarded Video. Contrary to popular believe, AdMob *ad network* does not provide rewarded video. They can through external SDK based mediation, but that means bundling in a bunch of SDK’s that would bloat the plugin and potentially conflict with other plugins and create an unmanageable plugin. As of now, we are not planning on supporting that. Now if AdMob starts offering rewarded video as part of their standard service and through their core SDK, we probably would support it.

  4. Conversion Tracking: Again, this involves additional SDK’s that would bloat the core plugin. We offer several attribution options that you can use in it’s place.

  5. Native Ads. Corona based apps live in an OpenGL world. Native ads are well… native. It’s not really feasible to add native ad features to a Corona built app in a way you would be happy with.

Are there other features that you’re interested in that’s not in one of our existing feature requests?

Rob

#13

Actually, I was just trying to learn more about the new plugin and what will happen with the community requests. I really needed more than crumbs of information. Thank you for sharing more. Also, it would be far better if you(not just you, I mean as Corona Labs) shared more information with us.

By the way, can you mark those requests with the release of the new plugin? Most of those requests still remain unanswered on the Feedback page.

http://feedback.coronalabs.com/search?filter=ideas&query=admob

#14

Thanks Rob,

Can you elaborate a bit more on number 3??  Does this mean adMob is not directly hosting their own reward videos, but instead just linking you to other sdk’s which are doing the reward videos?  And if so this would be happening app side and not server side??

Cheers, just trying to get my head around some things that are rather new to me.

Craig

#15

@Craig,

You are correct. AdMob doesn’t have their own rewarded video inventory. All such requests will be handed down to external SDK’s using their SDK-based mediation. I’d assume that the AdMob servers would be involved with the mediation process, however how the actual mediation occurs is something where we don’t have any insight. We don’t have any immediate plans to support AdMob SDK-based mediation at this point in time. 

If you want to include mediation that also allows you to use your AdMob account, you can consider using Appodeal.